Field HR Coordinator

At Dig Inn, we believe that building a great team and culture starts with a people-first approach. We work hard to foster an open learning environment in which employees feel engaged and empowered to do great work, knowing they have tons of support from their leaders and the People Team.  As a people centric organization,  we believe that building transformative partnerships with our restaurant leaders and employees is the key to achieving a learning culture. As the Field HR Associate, you will be central and critical in supporting all People team-related processes, programs, & initiatives within employee relations, compliance, benefits and recruitment. This role will partner directly with our restaurant leaders, ensuring our employees are taken care of throughout their entire journey with us. As Field HR Associate, you will serve as a foundational piece of the People team supporting in all areas of the people function. This role will occasionally work from the field, communicate cross functionally to other People Team members and departments and report to the HRBPs. This role will require Spanish written and verbal communication skills. 

• Manage the paperwork process for the employee lifecycle including: full-time, part-time etc. 
• Process confidential employee information including applications, new hire paperwork, immigration related procedures, pay changes, ADA requests, data changes, and terminations.
• Execute all related administrative work for team members going on leave 
• Assist with payroll and benefits administration.
• Prepare, coordinate, and facilitate new employee orientations in partnership with the Training Team. 
• Ensure proper I-9 record retention and E-verify compliance.
• Run HR reports and analytics.
• Respond to internal and external HR related inquiries or requests.
• Manage the receipt, organization, and distribution of incoming office mail and correspondence, ensuring accurate tracking, proper handling, and timely delivery to the appropriate recipients.
• Schedule meetings, HR events etc. and maintain the team’s agenda.
• Support offboarding activities and perform related administrative tasks which may include: scheduling exit interviews, updating HRIS and payroll systems, and providing information centric to HR post termination to departing team members.
• Develop a strong, collaborative, and responsive relationship with employees at every level of the organization.

• 1-2 years of relevant experience in a retail or restaurant environment supporting a central HR. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (English and Spanish).
• Serious hospitality and team focus. A strong desire to help people! 
• Strong organizational skills with intense focus on detail and accuracy.
• Enthusiasm for thinking differently, tackling complex problems, and identifying new ways of doing things. You can quickly recognize, diagnose and solve problems for teams.
•  Proactive ability to think independently and solve collaboratively.
• Exceptional time management and organization skills to manage deliverable prioritization and conflicting timelines in a fast paced environment. You are able to manage your own time and the time of others.
• Experience in Employee Relations.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with a high degree of professionalism.
• A strong desire to grow in the People + Culture field.
• A passion for real, good food.

DIG is an upscale fast casual brand with 30 locations throughout the northeast. We're committed to sourcing, cooking, and serving delicious, seasonal vegetables and culinary comfort food at scale. Sound good? Tastes even better.

Each of our restaurants is run by a chef and an entire culinary team, all dedicated to cooking from scratch all day. We've trained a whole generation of chefs and cooks from the ground up, including many who have never worked in a restaurant before. That's because we believe that knife skills are life skills.

We're focused on doing things right, building our business on good food and great people.We believe access to good food shouldn’t have to be a movement, an ethos or even a doubt. Which is why we built DIG to be fresher – from sourcing to serving. 

To learn more about our mission and food please visit our website at: https://www.diginn.com/mission

The duties of this position may change from time to time. DIG  reserves the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of Dig or its managers. This job description is intended to describe the general level of work being performed. It is not intended to be all-inclusive.

DIG  is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, ancestry, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related condition, unemployment status, gender identity or expression, transgender status or gender dysphoria, marital status, domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking victim status, national origin, citizenship, disability, covered veteran and/or military status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, familial status as that term is described under the New York State Human Rights Law, caregiver or partnership status as those terms are defined under the New York City Human Rights Law  (if you are employed in New York City) or other protected status or any other characteristic as protected under applicable federal, state and local law (“Protected Status”).